: beset by problems : harassed
a harried waiter who forgets your order
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This harried conversation led to an unexpected breakthrough for mother and daughter.
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Patricia Crowley, who starred as the harried suburban wife and mother of four kids and a sheepdog on the 1960s NBC comedy Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, has died.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
During a sequence in which Donal starts jamming with a band at the local pub, Cox doesn’t know where to place the camera, quick cutting between fingers playing instruments in a harried fashion.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
The relatively slow summer months can provide harried bankers, economists and other executives and professionals at least a little more time for reflection and comprehensive analysis.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Patricia Crowley, who starred as the harried suburban wife and mother of four kids and a sheepdog on the 1960s NBC comedy Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, has died.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
During a sequence in which Donal starts jamming with a band at the local pub, Cox doesn’t know where to place the camera, quick cutting between fingers playing instruments in a harried fashion.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
The relatively slow summer months can provide harried bankers, economists and other executives and professionals at least a little more time for reflection and comprehensive analysis.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Harried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harried. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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